MIAMI – The Veuve Clicquot had been poured and the commemorative T-shirts handed out. Only then, once there had been time for it all to sink in, could his awestruck teammates fully comprehend the latest demonstration of greatness by Shohei Ohtani.
They marveled not only at his latest milestone, becoming the first player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in the same season. But they spoke with admiration about the way Ohtani reached the 50-50 club — with a single-game performance for the ages.
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“That has to be the greatest baseball game of all time,” Gavin Lux said. “It has to be.”
Ohtani singlehandedly pummeled the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
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